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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 739,635, datedSeptember 22, 1903. Application filed December 26,1902. semi170.136.560. on model.) l

T0 aZZ whom, it may concern/E Be it known that I, J AMES SI ANDERSON, acitizen of the United State's, and a resident of the city of New York,borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of 'New York, haveinvented a new andlmproved Advertis ing-Sign, of which the followingis afull,

clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in advertising-signs, the objectbeing to provide a device of this character of simple construction andoperated by a suitable motor to dis play at intervals variousadvertising matter. I will describe an advertising-sign embody: ing myinvention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying.

tions on the line 10 w of Fig. 2, showing the operating parts indifferent positions. Fig.

5 is a section on the line sow of Fig. 2, the

certain parts of the mechanism omitted to clearly show the arrangementof the leaves. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail of one of theleaf-carrying bars; and Fig. 7 is a similar view to Fig. 3, but showingthe parts on a larger scale.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a casing of any suitablematerial having an opening at the front, in which glass 2 is placed.

The advertising matter may be illuminated by electric lamps 3, arrangedin the casing, but this feature may be omitted without delug 35 forengaging with a bar to hold the parting from the spirit of my invention.

Arranged in the casing is a plurality of sets of leaves, one set beingarranged above another. While in the drawings I have shown but two setsof leaves, it is to be understood that a greater number may be employed.Each set comprises pairs of leaves t 5, each pair of the upper set beingconnectednear the outer edge to a carrying-bar 6, and the inner edges ofa pair converge or are connected together. The several barsLB of theupper set are mounted on arms 7 8, the several arms being independentlymounted on shafts 9 10,

blocks 27.

The lower set of leaves is similarly arranged in pairs and attached in asimilar-manner to bars 11, which have arm connections 12 13 extendedfromthe end walls of the casing.

with short shafts extended from said end walls of the casing. Theseveral barsextend somewhatbeyond the ends of p the leaves, so

as to be engaged by the operating devices.

The operating devices comprisedisks 14 15,

having bevel-gears 16 17, engaged bybeveli pinions 18 19, mounted on avertical shaft 20.

01; the lower end of the shaft 20 is a pinion 21., engaging with agear-wheel 22, mounted on a rock-shaft 23, and on this rock-shaft is acrank-arm 24, which has a link connection 25 with a wrist-pin of acrankwheel 26, operated by any suitable motorsuch, for instance, as anelectric motor-and geared forslow or intermittent motion. Obviously bythis arrangementthat is, by connecting the crank arrn 24 by means of thelink 25 and the wrist-pin-a rocking or back-and-forth mo: 'tion will-beimparted to the shaft 23, and

consequently a similar motion will be im- I parted to the disks 1i and15.- Secured to each dish is ablock 27, and mounted to swing on eachblock are pawls 28, designed to engage with the bars 6 and 11. Thesepawls 28 are held yieldingly in position by means of springs 29, andthey are guided in their movements by means of pins 30, extended throughslots in the pawls and connected with the Mounted to swing in the casingadjacent to the disks 14 and 15 are the retarding devices consisting ofarms 31 32, these arms being connected one with the other by means of alink 33, and the arms are held yieldingly downward bymeans of springs34. Near the rear end of each arm is a stopleaves connected therewithrearward of the ones exposed until the said exposed leaves are movedfrom exposure position. Also mounted on each arm is acam-lug 36,designedto be engaged bya cam 37, securedto the inner side of the block27 for the purpose of raising the various ends of said arms andreleasing the lugs 35 from the leaf-carrying bars. It will be noted thatthe ends of the bars with which these lugs 35 engage are madewedge-shaped in cross-section. exposed leaves are held from swingingfor-- may be printed or otherwise placed on each;

ward by means of pivoted fingers 38, designed to be raised by thecarrying-bars as they are rotated and to fall against their forwardsides after the bars shall have passed the fingers... These fingers areheld yieldingly downward by means of springs 39. Attached to an end ofeach bar is a spacing-rod 6, designed to en gage loosely against thenext adjacent bar.

As clearly shown in Fig. 1, four exposed leaves each have a portion ofthe advertising matter; but it is obvious that independent matter leaf.During the exposure the operating devices or pawls will be in positionindicated in Fig. 3. After a short interval the motor will operate torotate the disks, so as to carry the pawls downward and pass over thecarryingbars of the exposed leaves. Then upon the reverse movement ofthe disks and pawls the pawls will be engaged by the next rear bars 611, and upon the forward and upward move ment of the pawls a new set ofleaves will be swung into display position;

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In an advertisingdevice, a part having an oscillating movement in a circular direction, aplurality of leaves mounted to move around an axis, and means carried bythe oscillating part for moving the leaves one after another.

2. In an advertising device, a plurality of sets of leaves mounted torotate one set adjacent to another, and an oscillating mechanism forsimultaneously operating the leaves of the sets.

3. In an advertising device, parts having oscillating movement in acircular direction,

a plurality of sets of leaves mounted to move in a circle, one set beingarranged above another, pawls carried by the oscillating parts,

means for simultaneously moving said oscillating parts, devices carriedby the leaves adapted to be engaged by the said pawls,

and spacing devices between adjacent leaves.

4. In an advertising device, a plurality of sets ofle'ave's,'theleavesof a set being conbars, shafts on which the arms areindepend+ .ently mounted; to rotate, and parts oscillating in a circulardirection for simultaneously moving the upper and lower sets of leaves.'5. In an advertising device, a casing, a plurality of sets of' leavesmounted to move in thecasing in a circular direction, a disk arranged atthe inner end of each set, pawls carried by said disks and adapted forengagement with projections from the leaves, and means for disks.

6. In an advertising device, a casing, a plurality of sets of leavesmounted to move in a circular direction in said casing, one set beingarranged above the other, disks arranged in the casing'at. one end ofthe sets of leaves, gear connections between said disks, a motor foroperating the gear, pawls carried by said disks for moving the leaves,swinging arms arranged adjacent to the disks, stop-lugs on said arms,means carried by the. disks for swinging said arms, and swingingstop-fingers.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe-presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JAMES S. ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

JNo. M. BITTER, O. R. FERGUSON.

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